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The JavaScript Debugger can be used to switch on and off JavaScript.įortunately you don’t need to be able to use the debugger. I have used the Quick JavaScript Switcher plugin and find it to be quite reliable.Ĭhrome remembers your JavaScript settings for different sites, so this is quite useful for when you return to the same sites, to keep JavaScript off. I know of three ways to switch off JavaScript in Chrome.

Make sure you test your site without JavaScript for critical functionality. Unfortunately, as a tester I still experience moments where I need to kill the product browser functionality, so How can I do that?Īnd this helps me in my normal life for making the web more friendly and avoiding sites with multiple pop ups, divs, and dialogs. Why did Mozilla do this? Because of “ Checkboxes that kill your product”. But some of the resources are out of date, so I’ll describe the approaches I use, so if any plugins go out of date, you can still switch off JavaScript. “I’m sure the option used to live here…”Īs ever, a quick web search came to the rescue. We spent a good 5 or 10 minutes thinking we were crazy. Whoa, I turn my back for a couple of months and Mozilla remove the option to switch off JavaScript in Firefox. Firefox - use about:config and search for javascript.enabled.Chrome - use chrome://settings and search for JavaScript to enable or disable (and on a site by site basis).

Many sites use JavaScript as their protection mechanism to paywall content and prevent spam. Turning off JavaScript is becoming more important than ever because so many sites are JavaScript heavy.